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Jun 30, 2013:
Say good-bye to Cheetos, Doritoes, and sugar-filled sodas, and hello to granola bars, trail mix, and baked potato chips. The government has created a new healthy food standard in schools, "The Smart Snacks In School" Nutrition Standard that will offer healthier snack foods for kids, while also limiting junk food served to students.

Jun 26, 2013:
Many parents may be worried about letting their children with diabetes out of their sight, especially overnight, but diabetes should never take any type of experience away from a child. From bug bites, to homesickness, to roasting marshmallows, summer camp is a can't miss opportunity.

Jun 24, 2013:
Summer's here and it's time for sunbathing, swimming and heat! Type 1 Diabetic Danica gives us some great advice on how to manage your diabetes and diabetes devices while you're out having fun in the sun.

Jun 23, 2013:
Diabetes won't ever dictate these amazing type 1 kids' lives! Fourteen-year old, Cloe and Adam have been managing their type 1 diabetes for about 8 years now. They've learned how to test, when to test, and how to manage their diabetes so they can live like other kids just like them who don't have diabetes.

Jun 22, 2013:
Have you ever been stopped at the airport for having a insulin pump? Did you know that by walking through an x-ray machine, your pump can experience some serious damage? For type 1 Savannah Barry, TSA agents insisted that she go through the full body scanner, not realizing the damage it would make on her pump.

Jun 21, 2013:
It's a rare thing to hear but if you're as positive as Diabetic Danica, you'll be able to see the many things you like about your type 1 diabetes. Don't get us wrong, she admits that she doesn't really like having diabetes but there are definitely some positives to having diabetes.

Jun 19, 2013:
If you've been diagnosed with diabetes, you deserve a few minutes to rant a little. From non-stop management of you diabetes without a day off, to an imaginable amount of supplies at hand to keep you alive, to balancing your blood sugar each day, it's a surprise that even the mailman gets a day off!

Jun 18, 2013:
We could be one step closer to understanding the cause and cure to type 1 diabetes. Today diabetes is affecting 215,000 people in the U.S., and the Boston Children's Hospital believes they are on the brink of curing type 1 diabetes.

Jun 17, 2013:
Laura Takach was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 6 but has always found running to be a passion. An activity some assume diabetics should not tango with, Laura feels by running she proves to herself that she can keep her diabetes in control and it won't stop her from doing what she strives to do.

Jun 15, 2013:
What types of exercise do you do to help manage your diabetes? Whether it be extreme sports, running, swimming, or even gardening, all these types of exercise will help manage your diabetes.

Jun 13, 2013:
You wouldn't think it, but diabetes and driving can be a dangerous mix. Diabetes can bring us surprises, but when it comes to these surprises while you're driving, not being prepared can be costly.

Jun 10, 2013:
If decisions for new health care funding are made we all look to one place, Capitol Hill. JDRF's Children's Congress took great strides as they prepared to speak with the senate committee in 2011, about the importance of finding a cure to type 1 diabetes.

Jun 8, 2013:
Type 1 diabetes is a disease nationally affecting many of our children. In 1970, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) was created to help raise money to find a cure to this growing disease. Taking their cause to Washington, since 1999, JDRF has been holding a children's congress to remind our nation's lawmakers about the need for more funding to get closer to a cure.